Saturday, October 14, 2017

Pandit Arvind Parikh

Whenever a mellifluous Sitar flowing in the air, you can’t forget Arvind
Parikah, a classical Hindustani musician who has dedicated his life to
music.

Beginning:

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Pandit ​Arvind Parikh was born in Ahmedabad into a
Gujarati Business Family with cultural and spiritual influences. His father was
a businessman and mother was a painter. At home he was taught Indian music by
musicians when he used to play several instruments like
dilruba, violin, mandolin, jaltarang and flute. Later
he started sitar, which he found suited him best. In 1944, at the age of
17, he moved to Mumbai and started learning from the famous sitar
maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan. His musical education continued uninterrupted
throughout his performing career, from 1944 to 2004 until Khan's death.

Musical Life

​Pandit Parikh is having a performing career spanning over six decades.
Association with different learned musicians and vocalists helped him in his
research work on different rare ragas and compositions. B. R. Deodhar, Latafat Hussain Khan, Amir Khan, Niyaz Ahmad-Faiyaz Ahmad Khan, D. T.
Joshi, Radhika Mohan Maitra need special
mention here. He has performed in India and abroad. He has been featured at
almost all major music festivals in India and Europe, and has had very
successful concert tours in several parts of West Asia, Far East and Australia.
He is a regular broadcaster on All India Radio. His
daughter Purvi Parikh is also a classical vocalist and learnt music from many
greats including her parents. Mrs. Parikh was disciple of Niyaz
Ahmad-Faiyaz Ahmad Khan of KiranaGharana.

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Pandit Parikh has documented most of the precious compositions and
ragas. "Sitar Guru", "Bandish
Parampara" published by Navras records UK are some of the testimonies
of his work.

Awards

​Pandit Parikh worked as musicologist, teacher, cultural ambassador, and
promoted initiatives aimed at increasing interest in Hindustani classical music
in India and abroad. He was Vice President of the International Music Council
(UNESCO) during 1994-97 and is currently co-ordinator for the Indian
sub-continent. He is President of the Indian Musicological Society, chairman of
the Western India Chapter of ITC-Sangeet Research Academy.

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Pandit ​Parikh has been awarded the Gaurav Puraskar for
the year 1997-98 by the Gujarat State Sangeet Natak Akademi. He has
also been awarded the National Award by Sangeet Natak Akademi for Instrumental
music (sitar) for the year 2003. He is a top grade artist and a regular
broadcaster of All India Radio.

Besides his towering achievements in the musical sphere, he is also a
successful businessman and gentle human being.

​Surtarang has arranged a rich tribute for Panditji. I hereby request all of the readers of this blog, kindly stay tuned to listen the mesmerizing music of the legend.

By

Srini

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